Shaggs Tix on sale Now!

Greetings from NYC,

Tickets are on sale for the upcoming production of The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World at Playwrights Horizons on 42nd st. Come see the smiling infant of a show during previews starting May 12, or see the fully-flowered gawky young adolescent of a show during its run from June 7 to July 3. (Use this top secret code SHAGFLY when ordering tix for a special discount!)

Do you like the graphic they made for us? I dig it deeply. The young hands pulling at the guitar strings, trying to break the guitar or escape or make some kind of sound (or all of the above).

The rehearsals are vibrating with an intensity that makes your head and heart buzz. The cast is thrilling - excellent actors and singers all. I've been spending long long days tightening up the story, the lyrics, the music, the orchestrations, the page turns for the band. I've never worked so long, with such intensity, on any other project in my life. Yeah, I know, that's no guarantee of a great outcome, but I'm telling you - I'm as excited about this project about any other endeavor I've done. It's on a par with The Bobs, or IsoBobs, or Svetlana Village, or...

Well, you get my drift. I hope I see you at one of the previews!

love and blessings,
Gunnar

Gunnar Music on YouTube

A recent search on Youtube unearthed some interesting uses for my music. None of them with my blessing, so don't think I had anything to do with them. It's a hoot to see where my music ends up.

Ants in my Pants - Some cool and interesting images and juxtapositions going on here:

Here, "Anna" is used to score a montage from the TV series Heroes:

Anna is used for a slide show of stills from the 1964 movie "Angélique, marquise des anges". I don't know the film, don't know exactly what this is about...

And then, you can even put your makeup on to my music:

It's a big, wide world out there, eh?